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Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2020
Applicant:

Acps Automotive Gmbh, Ingersheim, DE;

Inventor:

Aleksej Kadnikov, Leonberg, DE;

Assignee:

ACPS Automotive GmbH, Ingersheim, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/06 (2006.01); B60D 1/42 (2006.01); B60D 1/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/06 (2013.01); B60D 1/42 (2013.01); B60D 2001/544 (2013.01);
Abstract

In order to connect a trailer hitch, comprising a ball neck, which is movable between an operative position and a rest position and has a pivot bearing body arranged at a first end and a coupling ball arranged at a second end, a pivot bearing unit, which is arranged fixed to the vehicle by means of a carrier that is configured to be secured to a vehicle body, wherein by means of the pivot bearing unit, which has a pivot bearing housing, the pivot bearing body is mounted such that it is pivotal about a pivot axis between the operative position and the rest position, and a rotation-blocking device that, in at least one rotation-blocking position, blocks a pivotal movement of the pivot bearing body about the pivot axis in relation to the pivot bearing unit and, in a release position, releases such pivotal movement, to the carrier in a manner that is stable and simple to assemble, it is proposed that the pivot bearing housing should pass through a receptacle in a bearing part of the carrier and in so doing be held by positively engaging elements such that it cannot rotate in relation thereto, and that on either side of the receptacle the pivot bearing housing should be fixed by support bodies that abut against the bearing part and are supported against both the pivot bearing housing and the bearing part.


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